Re: gnu, malloc, and "zero'd" memory

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From: J. Eric Townsend
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1992 12:02

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"jet" == J. Eric Townsend <jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> writes:
jet> In general, does GCC assume that memory returned by a malloc is
jet> set to zeros?  In particular, does the stage1 build assume this?

And the answer is "of course not". (thanks to gumby, rms, et al who
immediately set me aright.)


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